A string of non-academic tasks take teachers away from classrooms
Government school teachers in Bengaluru are struggling to balance their primary teaching duties with mandatory non-academic tasks like electoral roll verification and caste surveys. Educators report that these administrative burdens are negatively impacting student learning and exam preparation.
Why it matters
The diversion of teaching staff to administrative tasks highlights a systemic issue in public education management that threatens academic quality.
“Currently, we are assigned to work for the ‘objection and verification’ phase of SIR. Earlier, we were part of pre-enumeration mapping and the enumeration phase too,” said a harried high school teacher in Bengaluru. Next, he and his colleagues will be part of the disposal of notices phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
“We have been warned of legal action if we refuse to participate until the SIR process is fully completed,” he said. "But meanwhile, the authorities are pressuring us to conduct lessons and examinations in schools as scheduled. How to do both at once?” he asked.
As teachers and lecturers of government schools and PU colleges are being assigned non-academic activities, SIR being the latest, what is taking a hit is their primary job of teaching.
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